Self-employed — all countries

Self-employed — Tajikistan

Self-employed in Tajikistan in 2025 — 31.3%. Ranked 93 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 0.9 pp.

2025 31.3% −0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 93of 182
Period maximum 35%2009
Period minimum 30.3%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Self-employed — Tajikistan, 1991–20253032343619911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 30.3%1992: 31.2%1993: 31.9%1994: 32.6%1995: 33.2%1996: 33.7%1997: 34.3%1998: 34.7%1999: 34.7%2000: 34.8%2001: 34.6%2002: 34.3%2003: 34%2004: 33.8%2005: 33.6%2006: 33.4%2007: 33.3%2008: 34.1%2009: 35%2010: 34.8%2011: 34.6%2012: 34.4%2013: 34.2%2014: 33.9%2015: 33.7%2016: 33.5%2017: 33.3%2018: 33%2019: 32.8%2020: 32.6%2021: 32.4%2022: 32.1%2023: 31.8%2024: 31.5%2025: 31.3%
Change over the period: +0.9 pp Annual average: 0.03 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Tajikistan

Tajikistan 31.3%
World 46.4%
Central Asia computed 36.1%
Self-employed — Tajikistan, by year Tajikistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 31.3 −0.3 pp
2024 31.5 −0.3 pp
2023 31.8 −0.3 pp
2022 32.1 −0.3 pp
2021 32.4 −0.2 pp
2020 32.6 −0.1 pp
2019 32.8 −0.3 pp
2018 33 −0.3 pp
2017 33.3 −0.2 pp
2016 33.5 −0.3 pp
2015 33.7 −0.2 pp
2014 33.9 −0.3 pp
2013 34.2 −0.2 pp
2012 34.4 −0.2 pp
2011 34.6 −0.2 pp
2010 34.8 −0.3 pp
2009 35 +0.9 pp
2008 34.1 +0.8 pp
2007 33.3 −0.2 pp
2006 33.4 −0.2 pp
2005 33.6 −0.1 pp
2004 33.8 −0.2 pp
2003 34 −0.3 pp
2002 34.3 −0.3 pp
2001 34.6 −0.2 pp
2000 34.8 +0 pp
1999 34.7 +0.1 pp
1998 34.7 +0.4 pp
1997 34.3 +0.5 pp
1996 33.7 +0.6 pp
1995 33.2 +0.5 pp
1994 32.6 +0.7 pp
1993 31.9 +0.8 pp
1992 31.2 +0.8 pp
1991 30.3

Central Asia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of total employment that is self-employed: employers, own-account workers, members of producers cooperatives and contributing family workers. High values in low-income countries reflect not developed entrepreneurship but the absence of wage jobs and informal work in agriculture and small-scale trade.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.